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Accounts receivable | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
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Accounts receivable |
10. | Accounts receivable
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
Credit cards |  | $ | 64,420 |  |  | $ | 65,052 |
Travel agencies and airlines clearing house |  |  | 36,640 |  |  |  | 36,318 |
Cargo, mail and other travel agencies |  |  | 6,798 |  |  |  | 9,278 |
Trade receivables due from related parties |  |  | 318 |  |  |  | 499 |
Government |  |  | 6,216 |  |  |  | 1,957 |
Other |  |  | 7,366 |  |  |  | 6,735 |
|  |  | 121,758 |  |  |  | 119,839 |
Provision for impairment |  |  | (3,673 | ) |  |  | (3,739 | )
|  | $ | 118,085 |  |  | $ | 116,100 |
Current |  |  | 115,641 |  |  |  | 114,143 |
Non-current |  |  | 2,444 |  |  |  | 1,957 |
|  | $ | 118,085 |  |  | $ | 116,100 |
See detail of trade receivables due from related parties in note 23. As of December 31, 2017, the Company maintained a non-current account receivable with a government institution in the amount of $2.4 million (2016: $1.9 million). The maturity of the portfolio at each year-end is as follows:
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
Neither past due nor impaired |  | $ | 115,685 |  |  | $ | 110,524 |
Past due 1 to 30 days |  |  | 1,286 |  |  |  | 711 |
Past due 31 to 60 days |  |  | 617 |  |  |  | 914 |
More than 60 days |  |  | 497 |  |  |  | 3,951 |
|  |  | 118,085 |  |  |  | 116,100 |
Impaired |  |  | 3,673 |  |  |  | 3,739 |
Total accounts receivable |  | $ | 121,758 |  |  | $ | 119,839 |
Neither past due nor impaired accounts receivable are those that do not show delays in their payments, according to the payment date agreed with the customer. Movements in the provision for impairment of receivables are as follows:
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
Balance at beginning of year |  | $ | (3,739 | ) |  | $ | (2,997 | ) |  | $ | (3,691 | )
(Additions) reversals |  |  | (879 | ) |  |  | (1,511 | ) |  |  | 71 |
Write-offs |  |  | 945 |  |  |  | 769 |  |  |  | 623 |
Balance at end of year |  | $ | (3,673 | ) |  | $ | (3,739 | ) |  | $ | (2,997 | )

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